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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William Shakespeare , R.A. FoakesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare Edition: 3rd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.484kg ISBN: 9781903436592ISBN 10: 1903436591 Pages: 456 Publication Date: 01 September 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Adult education , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews'Lear is trapped into a position of anger, having embarked on a game of vanity with his daughters: who loves me most?' * Michael Coveney, The Independent, 8.12.10 * 'Of all the Shakespeare roles, King Lear is the actor's Everest... To play this you need to have lived long enough to know or see suffering, madness, and human folly.' * Libby Purves, The Times, 8.12.10 * 'King Lear is perhaps the greatest of all Shakespeare's dramas, but it is so harrowing, so despairing, so graphic in its cruelty, that it is also a test of endurance.' * Charles Spencer, The Daily Telagraph, 8.12.10 * 'If Shakespeare's plays were mountains, King Lear would be the entire Himalayas.' * Paul Callan, Daily Express, 8.12.10 * 'The play - arguably the Bard's greatest' * Paul Callan, Daily Express, 8.12.10 * ''Lear' is an undeniably majestic work; * Matt Wolf, The International Herald Tribune, 14.12.10 * Author InformationWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. R.A. Foakes is Professor Emeritus at University of California Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |